Heritage River · aus
Howqua River
- Area
- 22 km²
- IUCN cat.
- V
- Year
- 1992
Overview
- Designation
- Heritage River
- IUCN category
- V · Paysage protégé
Paysage façonné par l'humain digne de conservation
- Established
- 1992
- Managing authority
- AU-VIC_DEECA
Source : WDPA (UNEP-WCMC, World Database on Protected Areas).
Species present
507 distinct species · 2 245 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 37 species (selected proportionally per kingdom among those with at least one documented interaction here) to keep the graph readable. Hover for details, click to explore the full ecosystem of a species.
ℹ️ The territory contains many more species than displayed and all their documented interactions: the graph is intentionally the structural skeleton (top-N species by composite local score, edges filtered by Serrano 2009 disparity filter α=0.2).
Indicateurs du tissu écologique
Tissu écologique de Howqua River : 30 espèces dont 1 patrimoniale (LR IUCN CR/EN/VU) reliées par 52 interactions GloBI sur 5 types (connectance 7.8%, filtre Serrano α=0.2). 7 bulles taxonomiques (cascade genre/famille GloBI, ≥3 espèces).
Comparaison sur la connectance du réseau local complet vs distribution nationale (toutes les communes françaises).
Hydrology1 basins · 0 lakes · 11 rivers
Hydrology metrics for this exact territory
Stream length here
45,3km
Basins crossed
1
Max stream order
2
Max drainage
2 485km²
Discharge in basins
0,3m³/s
Mean precip.
1 460mm/an
Mean T°
10,4°C
Moisture idx
0,26
Max snow
9%
Mean runoff
395mm/an
Mean elev. (basins)
785m
Watersheds crossing here
Rivers / streams (11, ord ≥ 4)
- Howqua Riverord 2len here26.08 km76%total34 km
- Eight Mile Creekord 2len here6.11 km17%total37 km
- Howqua River South Branchord 1len here5.76 km96%total6 km
- Sixteen Mile Creekord 2len here4.03 km9%total46 km
- Wild Dog Creekord 2len here1.52 km8%total20 km
- Running Creekord 2len here0.65 km2%total33 km
- South Buller Creekord 1len here0.45 km15%total3 km
- Stockyard Creekord 3len here0.45 km1%total66 km
- Black Dog Creekord 4len here0.18 km0%total80 km
- Bindaree Creekord 1len here0.07 km5%total1 km
- Dungeon Gully Creekord 1len here≈ tangenttotal2 km
Live spatial overlap (cached after first hit) · HydroBASINS lev08 × HydroLAKES × HydroRIVERS v10
Location
Fond cartographique : OpenFreeMap · © OpenStreetMap contributors · Géométrie : nos sources (GADM/HydroBASINS/HydroLAKES/HydroRIVERS/WDPA)
- Centroid
- -37.20182, 146.45409
- Open in maps
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Species observed (Phase 2)
Listing species observed within this protected area requires the GBIF v2 partition × WDPA spatial overlay matview. Computing infrastructure pending.